Anita Bryant's Save Our Children campaign
1977 · Event
The singer leads a successful campaign to repeal a Miami-Dade gay rights ordinance, launching the anti-gay backlash of the late 1970s.
On these timelines: USA, Master, The Civil Rights Movement
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